Whiffletree.



J. L. PADGETT.

WHIFFLETREE..

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, m5.

1,167,211, Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

JAMEs L. PADGETT, or 1111211, mississirri, assreivon ononn-rirrnmoWALTER. c.

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Specification of Letters latent. f Patented an. 4:, 1916.

Application filed March 1, 1915. Serial 110111301.

b all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES L. PADGETT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Mize, in the county of Smithand State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Whifi'rletrees; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full,

clear, and exact description of the'invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in whiffle-trees. Y

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwhiffle trees and to provide a combined swingle-tree and double-treedesigned particularly for use in plows, for breaking ground but adaptedalso for various other purposes and capable of eliminating the droppingof the swingletrees and double-trees when turning at the may be resortedto without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a whiffle-treeconstructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view through one end of the whiifle-tree.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention 1 designates a whifiie-tree bar providedwith central and end cuffs 2 and 3 carrying forwardly extending hooks 4and 5 which are adapted to be connected to the traces of a pair ofhorses or other draft animals. The central cufi 2 is equipped with apair of the hooks 4 and the end cuffs 3 each have a single hook. Thecentral end is also provided with a rearwardly extending loop 6 suitablysecured to the cuff and adapted to be connected with a plow clevisor'the like.

Each of the cuffs is constructed of a single piece of flat metal bent toembrace the whlifle-tree bar 1' and the central cuff is providedv at oneof its meeting edges with the hooks 4 preferably formed integral withthe cuff by being drawn out of the metal of the same and havingrectangular shanks 7 square in cross section but any other form of shankmay of course be employed.

The cuff is provided at its other meeting edge with forwardly projectingstems or arms 8 fitted against the shanks 7 of the hooks 4 andprovidedat opposite sides with lugs or flanges 9 which embrace theshanks 7 of the hooks 4. The end cuffs are provided at one of theirmeeting edges with the hooks 5 which have shanks 1O rectangular in crosssection and engaged by lugs or flanges 11 of arms or stems 12 extendingfrom the other meeting edge of the end cufis. By this con structionthecuffs are firmly secured to the whiifle-tree bar and'the hooksare'also braced and supported. The meeting edges of the cuffs may alsobe welded together to provide a solid continuous cuff. The whiffie-treebar is preferably constructed of wood to provide a light device whichmay be easily handled and while the combined swingle-tree anddouble-tree is designed particularly in use on plows when breaking theground it also may be advantageously employed for various kinds ofhauling and similar operations.

What is claimed is 2-- 1. A whiffle-tree of the class describedincluding a bar, and central and end cuffs embracing the said bar andeach constructed of a single piece of fiat metal bent to embrace thebar, the central cuff being provided with a pair of forwardly extendinghooks and the end cuffs having a single hook, said hooks being drawn ofthe metal. I

2. A whiifle-tree of the class described including a bar, a central cuffconstructed of fiat metal bent toembrace the bar and provided at one ofits edges with rigid forwardly extending hooks having shanks conneotedto the oufi, said cufi being provided at its other meeting edge withspaced lugs or flanges embracing the shanks of the hooks.

3. A whiflie-tree of the class described including a bar, provided witha central cufi formed from a single piece of flat metal bent to embracethe bar and having meeting edges at the front of the bar, a pair ofhooks rigid with and extending from the cuff at the said meeting edgesand a loop extending rear- 10 wardly from the cuff and carried by thesame.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES L. PADGET'J. Witnesses:

HOMER CURRIE, J. D. MORTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

